British black metal pioneers VENOM were interviewed by Conny Schiffbauer of Germany's WDR "Rockpalast" prior to the band's May 22 performance at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. On VENOM's early days: Cronos (bass, vocals): "People didn't understand it back then. But, in saying that, the album ...

ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ, the new band featuring former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno alongside members of Paul's longtime German touring backing group THE PHANTOMZ, was interviewed by Germany's WDR "Rockpalast" prior to ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ's May 22 performance at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked why ...

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that he expects to get some flak from the band's followers for releasing a new studio album without two of SLAYER's founding members, but believes that "the die-hard fans are gonna love it." Due on September 11, SLAYER's new CD, "Repentless", will mark the band's first effort without both co-founding ...

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider recently dropped by the studios of the Boom 97.3 FM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to play the band's classic song "We're Not Gonna Take It" on vinyl. Dee talked about how the song was made, how the music video came to be and revealed how the melody of ...

Spooky Pinball, LLC will release the Rob Zombie Spookshow International pinball game in January 2016. The production run will be limited to 300 and will include 10 classic Zombie songs and custom speech by the artist himself. "The Devil's Rejects" actor Sid Haig will also lend his voice to the machine. Spooky has outsourced artistic ...

Fabio Pugliese conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton on June 24 in Rome, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current QUEENSRŸCHE lineup: "Well, there's a new unity. There's a bond between the band, and everyone is on the same level. Everyone is ...

A rough audio snippet of returning METAL CHURCH singer Mike Howe working on lyrics for the new song "Suffer Fools" — to be included on the band's forthcoming album — can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track features the lineup of Howe, Kurdt Vanderhoof (guitar), Jeff Plate (drums), Steve Unger (bass) and ...

In keeping with the goal of finding the "best of the best" for their fans regardless of who manufactures it, the members of ANTHRAX have produced a new bourbon, "The Devil You Know", priced at $59 and available now at this location. "If we find something we really like and that we actually ...

SEETHER frontman Shaun Morgan has expressed his dismay with the stifled state of U.S. rock radio, explaining that may of the longtime classic and hard rock stations have switched to an alternative-only format. Speaking to Sticks For Stones, Morgan said: "Here in the States, it's becoming more difficult, man. Alternative radio stations just ...

Swiss Viking action film "Northmen - A Viking Saga", in which vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH plays Viking warrior Valli, will come to American cinemas and digital HD on July 31, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on August 11, thanks to Anchor Bay Entertainment. The movie was shot for ...